Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
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Populist figures, already emboldened by a tidal wave of anti-establishment electoral sentiment, have found a congenial reception in Trump’s orbit.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Thailand Image The arrival of the tidal wave at the Le Meridien hotel in Khao Lak, near Phuket.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Hudson’s stately bearing belied his roots as a rock ’n’ roller.—
Randall Roberts,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Use a lint roller: Not just for laundry, a lint roller can remove piles of pet hair in the blink of an eye.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2024
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And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2024
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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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